scholarly journals Effect of Supercritical Fluid Extraction on the Reduction of Toxic Elements in Fish Oil Compared with Other Extraction Methods

2015 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
PARVANEH HAJEB ◽  
JINAP SELAMAT ◽  
LEILI AFSAH-HEJRI ◽  
NOR AINY MAHYUDIN ◽  
SHAHRAM SHAKIBAZADEH ◽  
...  

High-quality fish oil for human consumption requires low levels of toxic elements. The aim of this study was to compare different oil extraction methods to identify the most efficient method for extracting fish oil of high quality with the least contamination. The methods used in this study were Soxhlet extraction, enzymatic extraction, wet reduction, and supercritical fluid extraction. The results showed that toxic elements in fish oil could be reduced using supercritical CO2 at a modest temperature (60°C) and pressure (35 MPa) with little reduction in the oil yield. There were significant reductions in mercury (85 to 100%), cadmium (97 to 100%), and lead (100%) content of the fish oil extracted using the supercritical fluid extraction method. The fish oil extracted using conventional methods contained toxic elements at levels much higher than the accepted limits of 0.1 μg/g.

2012 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuria Rubio-Rodríguez ◽  
Sara M. de Diego ◽  
Sagrario Beltrán ◽  
Isabel Jaime ◽  
María Teresa Sanz ◽  
...  

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 2366
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Klimek ◽  
Katarzyna Tyśkiewicz ◽  
Malgorzata Miazga-Karska ◽  
Agnieszka Dębczak ◽  
Edward Rój ◽  
...  

Given the health-beneficial properties of compounds from hop, there is still a growing trend towards developing successful extraction methods with the highest yield and also receiving the products with high added value. The aim of this study was to develop efficient extraction method for isolation of bioactive compounds from the Polish “Marynka” hop variety. The modified two-step supercritical fluid extraction allowed to obtain two hop samples, namely crude extract (E1), composed of α-acids, β-acids, and terpene derivatives, as well as pure xanthohumol with higher yield than that of other available methods. The post-extraction residues (R1) were re-extracted in order to obtain extract E2 enriched in xanthohumol. Then, both samples were subjected to investigation of their antibacterial (anti-acne, anti-caries), cytotoxic, and anti-proliferative activities in vitro. It was demonstrated that extract (E1) possessed more beneficial biological properties than xanthohumol. It exhibited not only better antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria strains (MIC, MBC) but also possessed a higher synergistic effect with commercial antibiotics when compared to xanthohumol. Moreover, cell culture experiments revealed that crude extract neither inhibited viability nor divisions of normal skin fibroblasts as strongly as xanthohumol. In turn, calculated selectivity indexes showed that the crude extract had from slightly to significantly better selective anti-proliferative activity towards cancer cells in comparison with xanthohumol.


Author(s):  
K. K. Anas ◽  
Lekshmi R. G. Kumar ◽  
C. S. Tejpal ◽  
Suseela Mathew

1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viorica Lopez-A Vila ◽  
Richard Young ◽  
Nataly Teplitsky

Abstract Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE), Soxhlet, soni cation, and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) were compared in their ability to extract 95 compounds listed in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Method 8250. Freshly spiked soil samples and 2 standard reference materials were extracted with hexane-acetone (1 + 1) by MAE and Soxhlet extraction, with methylene chloride-acetone (1 + 1) by sonication extraction, and with supercritical carbondioxide modified with 10% methanol by SFE. Results indicate that MAE is a promising extraction technique. Of 94 compounds for which we are reporting data, 51 compounds gave MAE recoveries of >80%; 33,50-79%; 8,20-49%; and 2, <19%. Soxhlet extraction gave very similar results: 50 recoveries were >80%; 32,50-79%; 8,20-49%; and 4, <19%. Sonica tion recoveries were slightly higher: 63 values were >80%; 25,50-79%; 4,20-49%; and 2, <19%. SFE recoveries were the lowest: 37 values were >80%; 37, 50-79%; 12,20-49%, and 8, <19%. MAE gave the best precision: relative standard deviations (RSDs) were <10% for 90 of 94 compounds. Soxhlet extraction gave the worst precision: only 52 of 94 samples gave RSDs ≤10%. Although MAE looks promising, 15 polar basic compounds extracted at 115°C with hexane acetone for 10 min (1000 W power) gave poor recoveries. Because no technique gave acceptable recoveries for these polar compounds, we investigated their extraction with MAE using acetonitrile at 50° and 115°C. Ten of the 15 compounds were quantitatively recovered (>70%) with acetonitrile at 115°C.


2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 683-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Hakeem Memon ◽  
Mohammad Shahrul Ridzuan Hamil ◽  
Madeeha Laghari ◽  
Fahim Rithwan ◽  
Salman Zhari ◽  
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